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- Using the Windows 7 User Interface
- Dec 3, 2009
- This chapter provides an introduction to the Windows 7 user interface to help previous Windows users up to speed quickly with all the changes.
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- (Remote) Controlling Your Windows XP PC
- Jul 15, 2005
- Kulvir Bhogal shows you how to get to the next level of laziness with a low-cost remote control solution for Windows XP and Winamp.
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- A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Windows Security
- Aug 13, 2010
- J. Peter Bruzzese provides insight into some examples of security enhancements in Windows you might (or might not) be aware of.
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- A Brief History of Microsoft Windows
- Aug 3, 2009
- Michael Miller is your tour guide for 25 years of Windows: from Windows 1.0 to Windows 7.
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- A File as Seen from WMI
- Oct 26, 2001
- In this article, Matthew Lavy gives a simple taste of the world of WMI by showing how you can use it to investigate and manipulate a file in an NTFS filesystem.
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- A Video Tour of Windows Live Essentials
- Oct 30, 2009
- Michael Miller introduces Windows Live Essentials, a suite of free software programs that can supplement the programs built into Microsoft Windows 7.
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- A Video Tour of Windows Media Center 7
- Nov 16, 2009
- Michael Miller discusses Windows Media Center, specifically the features that are new in Windows 7.
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- Accessing Windows Terminal Server Through a Firewall
- Apr 19, 2002
- Ted Harwood shows you how to setup access to your Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 Terminal Servers through a firewall in this article.
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- Adding Devices to the Windows Home Server Network
- Sep 21, 2007
- Paul McFedries gives you the details on connecting devices to your Windows Home Server network.
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- Advanced Windows 8 Configuration Options
- Jan 15, 2013
- This chapter shows how you can modify Windows 8 settings to customize your specific setup.
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- Advanced Windows Debugging: Memory Corruption Part II—Heaps
- Nov 9, 2007
- This chapter discuss security vulnerabilities and stability issues that can surface in an application when the heap is used in a nonconventional fashion.
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- Advanced Windows XP User Features
- Oct 18, 2002
- Just because you're using Windows XP doesn't mean that you have to settle for an interface that doesn't suit your tastes. Let Peter Norton show you how to convert from the simplified Windows XP interface to the standard interface.
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- Anyone But Microsoft
- Feb 8, 2002
- For a small but growing sector of the PC marketplace, seeking alternatives to Microsoft operating systems and software has become something of a Holy Grail. Columnist and author Ed Tittel will examine some of the options available, including some compromise approaches, as he explains necessary pieces and parts.
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- Application Architecture in Windows Forms 2.0
- Jun 9, 2006
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- Arranging Your Work Area in Windows 8 Metro
- Nov 11, 2011
- Katherine Murray gives us a look at the Windows 8 developer preview, showing how to launch and display apps, cycle through open programs, display a list of running apps, and use Snap to position more than one program on the screen at a time using touch, mouse, and keyboard.
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- art_gore_outsourcing
- Jan 1, 2003
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- Back to the Future: Using the SendtoX PowerToy in Windows XP
- Jun 14, 2002
- In this article, Ed Tittel talks about his personal favorite — the SendToX PowerToy — which permits the copying or moving of files and folders from one location to any other location in a Windows file system more simply and directly than other ways can offer.
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- Backup and Restore for Windows 8.1
- Jun 4, 2014
- Learn about the Refresh Your PC feature in Windows 8.1 by using the Windows RecImg command to make a custom recovery image of a computer's disk and an alternative: the Slimware Utilities' RecImg Manager application.
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- Bringing the Start Menu Back to Windows 8
- May 15, 2013
- Ed Tittel examines two of the most popular Windows 8 Start menu replacements.
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- Build Bootable Recovery and Repair UFDs with WinPE 3.0 for Windows 7
- Feb 16, 2010
- Ed Tittel discusses useful tools within the WinPE toolkit.
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